Auto table for safeway garages



May 5, 1931. .1. w. MAYDEN 3 AUTO TABLE FOR SAFEWAY GARAGES Filed Aug. 11, 1930 4 Sheets-Sheet 2 f day/v h/. MAYDEN INVENTOR wnwzss; {6M7 M ATTORNEY May 5, 1931. J, w, AYDE 1,804,363

AUTO TABLE 'FOR SAFEWAY GARAGES Filed Aug. 11, 1930 Y 4 Sheets-Sheet 3 Fag. 4-.

INVENTOR ATTORNEY J. w. MAYDEN 1,804,363

AUTO TABLE FOR SAFEWAY GARAGES Filed Aug. 11, 1930 4 Sheets-Sheet 4 BY flajmw TTTTTT EV Patented May 5, 1931 JOHN w. MAYDEN, or WELEET A, OKLAHOMA.

AUTO TABLE. FOB SAFE-WAY eARAGEs' Application filed August 11, 1930. Serial No. (74,629;

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements .in turn table construction and which embodies as its principal characteristic bearing structures supportingthe entire bulkof the table and upon which the laden' tablemay be'easily and expeditiously turned.

Another object of the invention consists v ofanchorage means for the table disposing the bearing structures in positions wherebytilting of'the table will be obviated.

Another object of the invention contemplates the provision and arrangement of a lockingmechanism for the table whereby the latterand' the vehicle supported thereby, may he disposed at right" angles to the entrance o'peningof the garage. I v 7 "With the above and other QbjGQllS'lIlVlQW, the invention further consists of: the following novel features'and details of construetiomtobe hereinafter more fully described, illustrated inthe accompanying drawings and pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a top plan view of the turn table arranged within a single car garage with the wheel tracks in alignment with the garage door.

Fi ure 2 is a view similar to Figure 1 show- 1 ing t e vehicle tracks arranged at right angles to the garage door.

Figure 3 is a sectional View taken on line 3-3 of Figure 1.

Figure 4 is a sectional view taken on line '35 44c of Figure 3.

Figure 5 is a side elevation of the anchorage means and complemental sections of the bear- .ing structures.

Figure 6 is an elevation of the anchorage means per se. Figure 7 is a top plan view of the Figure 5 assemblage.

Figure 8 is an end elevation of the anchorage means.

Figure 9 is a view similar to Figure5 of a hub structure for the turn table and complemental bearing sections therefor.

Figure 10 is an elevation of the hub per se.

to Figure 11 is-an end elevation of the hub.

Figure 12 is a top plan'view of the- Figure 9 assemblage.

Figure;13 is an enlarged detail sectional view taken through the other bearing structure for the table.

Figure leis a detail-sectional view taken through appropriate portions of the table and garage floor,' showing the arrangement of the locking means. I I I Figurel5 is a top plan View of the- Figure 1 1 arrangement. y

Figures16, 17 and 18 are sectional views taken through optional'forms of beams for the under structure of the turntable. Referring to the drawings in detail wherein'like characters of reference denote corre-v sponding parts, the reference character 10 indicates generally the top or platformof the turn table supported-upon beams 11- and :12, intersecting at right angles to each other and'arranged to define a square 13' adjacent the center'thereof. Spokes 14, radially projectingfrom-the centerof' the squareand abutting the facets 15 of .a-hub member 16,- are secured attheir outermost ends to the inner sideso-f the-framestructure, cireum scribing--tl1e square. 13in the manner best shown in Figure-4: Disk members 17'and 18, screw threaded and keyed" to'the" ends of thehub 16 are designedtooverlie the 'irnmee diate side edges of the spokes 1 1" as shown in Figure 3 of the drawings. i

' The anchorage means, alluded to in the foregoing, comprises a standard 19 suitably embedded within a concrete base 20 and-provided with a reduced :GXlDGDSlOIf 21 j ournally accommodated i within the bore of the hub '16 and from"which' the latter may rotate.

Disk members 22 and 23, arrangedat intervals uponthe reduced extension 21, are disposed in' cl'ose proximity to the disks 17 and 18 respectively, asv suggestedin FigureB of the drawings to accommodate ball bearings 24. receivable within raceways especially provided for. the purpose. The rectilinear disposition of the disk vi22-upon the reduced extensioncZl will suflice as the means ofade justment for the bearing structures located upon opposite sides .of the spokes. drainage pit 25, formed-within the bottoin f the pocket for the table in the base 20, is in communication with a drain 26 through canals 27. An annular collar 28 reposing against an upwardly inclined surface of the base above the entrance openings of the canals 27, is provided with an upstanding ledge 30 against which a circumferential row of ball bearings 31 may repose. A ring 32 supported upon the frame, circumscribing the square 13, is shaped in conformity to the upper surface of the collar 28 behind the ledge 30 therefor and to engage the ball bearings 31. A flange portion 33 outstanding from the side edge of the ring 32 above the ledge 30 is designed for contacting engagement with the latter to alleviate undue bearing strain against the ball bearings3l when excessive strain is broughtto bear against any portion ofthe turn table adjacent the periphery thereof.

From the foregoing, it is understood that a most effective form of mounting is provided for the turn table whereby same may be easily and expeditiously shifted to occupy its several positions while laden with a motor vehicle. In order to alleviate the strain aforementioned and to facilitate disposing of the vehicle in aposition upon the turn table so that the vehiclewill not scrape against the walls of the garage while being turned, I provide tracks or guides 34 having grooves or channels 35 within the upper surfaces thereof to accommodate the tires of the vehicle; As shown in Figures 1, 2 and ,3 of the drawings,.the disk 22 is obscured from view by a cover36 and to prevent the accumulation of extraneous matter therebeneath to hamper the proper operation of the bearing structure. Closures 37 are also provided in the top of the turn table to permit access to the pit 25 to open up the canals 27 when clogged or to remove any obstructions in the pathof the beams or spokes. V q As mentioned in the foregoing, the turn 1. A turn table construction comprising a platform supported by beams intersecting in rightangularly disposed relation and defining a square centrally beneath the platform, a hub for the turn table, spokes radially disposed within the square and abutting said hub, a standard journally associated with said hub, disk members arranged upon the ends of the hub and abutting the opposed side edges of the spokes, disks carried by the standard journally'associated with the first mentioned disks, and an auxiliary bearing structure cooperatively associated with the first mentioned bearing structures to alleviate tilting of the table.

2. A turn table construction comprising a platform supported by beams intersecting in rightangularly disposed relation and defining a square centrally beneath the platform, a hub for the turn table, spokes radially disposed within the square and abuttin said hub, a standard journally associated with said hub, disk members arranged upon the ends of the hub and abutting the opposed side edges of the spokes, disks carried by the standard journally associated with the first mentioned disks, a ring carried by the spokes and depending from the square, a collar lo cated in juxtaposition to the ring and journally associated therewith, a ledge upstanding from the collar, and a flange portion carried by the ring designed for abutting em gagement with the ledge to alleviate undue tilting of the table and strain upon the respective bearing structures.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature. JOHN W. MAYDEN.

table'may be shifted to dispose the vehicle 7 in any position within the garage; for instance, after the car has been driven into the garage, theturn table may be shifted a half turn to nose the car toward the garagedoors whereby the vehicle may be driven out nose first ratherthan being backed out; If desired, the table and vehicle can be disposed to occupy positions in either direction at right angles to the garage doors and looked through the instrumentality of a hasp 38 and yoke 89. A padlock 40 being employed for the purpose of preventing unauthorized manipulation of the hasp.

'Theinvention is susceptible of various changes in its form, proportions and minor details of construction and the right is herein reserved to make such changes as properly fall within the scope of the appended claims. Having described the invention, what is claimed is: 

